Pope Francis will install Franciscan nun Raffaella Petrini as head of the General Secretariat of the Government of the State ...

The Pope has made advocacy for migrants a key part of his papacy, insisting they should be welcomed and integrated into ...

All three had been serving as consultors of the dicastery and become the first non-bishops to join the more than 40 cardinal- ...

“I love having the camera, and I see detail that even with my binoculars I’d never seen,” she said. “The female cardinals ...

The appointment marks a major step in Francis’ aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the church.

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Women are still excluded from ordination as priests, and discussions about female ordination continue to create divisions ...

The appointment marks a major step in Pope Francis' aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the church.

She takes over from the retiring Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz ... Francis has upheld the ban on female priests and tamped down hopes that women could be ordained as deacons. But there has been ...